Author: Paul Shannon

The Ukraine war must end and it must end now!

February 18, 2026 Paul Shannon

by Paul Shannon On February 24 we mourn the fourth anniversary of the Ukraine War. Several weeks earlier, on February 5, we also marked the expiration of the New Start Treaty – the last remaining nuclear weapons agreement. The conflict continues to take thousands of […]

The winter effects on those living in tents in Deir El Balah © November 2025 UNRWA photo

Palestine: The Genocide Continues

December 9, 2025 Paul Shannon

by Paul Shannon Don’t be fooled: The Trump “peace plan” is just genocide under a different name. The very idea of an independent Palestine is under existential attack with the acquiescence of the international community. Implications for our movement against genocide in Palestine The Trump […]

Israel Divestment Rally Speech

September 24, 2025 Paul Shannon

by Paul Shannon Below is a transcript of a short speech given by Mass. Peace Action member, Paul Shannon, at a rally in front of the Massachusetts State House on September 19, 2025, in support of Bill H.2984 which would divest the state pension from […]

Harvard Law School students protested a talk by Israeli consul general Dani Dayan, Nov. 13, 2019. Skip Schiel photo

Harvard Plans Crackdown on Palestinian Activism

January 24, 2025 Paul Shannon

by Paul Shannon Harvard’s Jan. 21 decision to impose the controversial International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’ (IHRA) definition of antisemitism on its campus underscores the University’s complete failure to rise to the occasion of opposing Israel’s crimes against humanity, its subservience to the Israeli lobby, and […]

Biden’s Missiles Over Russia

November 19, 2024 Paul Shannon

By Paul Shannon This is serious, and now it’s personal. Now that Biden is putting my life (and all of our lives) at stake makes this man a clear and present danger to me. President Biden has just surpassed Donald Trump in becoming the craziest […]

As Peace Movement Sleeps, U.S. takes a Giant Step toward Nuclear War over Ukraine

June 26, 2024 Paul Shannon

by Paul Shannon Biden starts moving down a road that leads inevitably to the precipice of nuclear war. The situation in Ukraine has never been more dangerous. On May 30 the New York Times reported that President Biden authorized Ukraine to use U.S. missiles to […]

Stop the Genocide Vigil at Harvard Commencement/ photo: Julia Kedge

Creative Protests Challenge Gaza Genocide

May 27, 2024 Paul Shannon

MAPA helped to stage two unique protests of the Gaza slaughter last week, a protest at Harvard Commencement and a street art project at the JFK Federal Building. At Harvard Commencement on May 23, MAPA and our allies organized 175 community members hailing from Watertown […]